After several years of absence from Hungary, Liszt is taken aback by news of the disastrous floods in Pest in 1838. His thoughts turn to the country of his birth and prompt him to take action to support his native countrymen. Donald Macleod continues his story of Liszt's relationship with Hungary and recounts how thoughts of his homeland inspired a new sequence of works which will eventually become the Hungarian Rhapsodies.

Hungarian Rhapsody No 5 in E minor 'Heroide-elegiaque'
Nelson Freire, piano

Six Grandes Etudes de Paganini - No 6 "La Campanella"
Alice Sara Ott, piano

Fantasia on Hungarian Folk Themes
Louis Lortie, piano
Residentie Orchestra The Hague
George Pehlivanian, conductor

Two Hungarian Recruiting Dances by Laszlo Fay and Janos Bihari 'Zum Andenken'
Leslie Howard, piano

Hungarian Rhapsody No 2 in C sharp minor (arr.orchestra)
Philadelphia Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy, conductor Show less